Watching Silver Market
A sudden surge in the US dollar has been one of the triggers for a second round of carnage in commodities with oil, gold and […]
Commodity Market Analysis
Silver Analysis
Since my post on Tuesday warning of an imminent reversal in the spot gold price following the various signals, not least the long leg doji […]
Is Pullback in Gold Imminent?
Yesterday’s price action on the spot gold daily chart was extreme in every sense and ended the gold trading session with one of the strongest […]
Dollar Boost May Be Short Lived
With most markets closed for the May day holiday the unexpected announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden has, so far, had little impact […]
Gold & Silver Profit from S&P Warning to US
Yesterday’s credit rating cut on US sovereign debt from “stable” to “negative” by Standard & Poor’s caused shockwaves throughout the markets which had already been […]
Gold & Silver Update
With the first quarter of the year now coming to a close I thought this would be a good time to review the precious metals, […]
Will the Fed Survive?
Utah has had enough of the Federal Reserve and has recently passed a bill to make gold and silver legal tender and shops will soon […]
Oil and the Canadian Dollar
As a confirmed crude oil bull, who has been bullish on the commodity since early 2010, the recent breakout about $100 per barrel, following the […]
The value of protective stops as US cocoa plunges in flash crash!
This week’s trading in Cocoa has reminded us all of two things, which we often forget as speculators. First, the value of a protective stop, […]
Crude oil set to break higher
Crude oil is another of the commodities I expect to perform well this year, and for the last few weeks I have been waiting for […]
Gold now testing the triple top
In case you hadn’t noticed, gold is now at a critical technical level once again, closing on Friday in the spot market at $1410.10 per […]
Silver shines as metals pick up momentum
As I outlined in one of my posts at the start of this year, I expect to see commodities perform extremely well in 2011, and […]
Gold & Silver Update
Spot silver extended its recent bullish rally again yesterday ending with a wide spread up candle which finally took the commodity back above $30 per […]
WTI Analysis
The WTI contract continues to lag Brent which breached the $100 per barrel price handle last week and, in my opinion, the WTI will follow […]
Gold Analysis
Despite this week’s economic releases being a bit of a “mixed bag” traders and investors have tended to remain broadly optimistic as evidenced by global […]
Traders Moving Into Softs
Latest post on my oil blog. WTI and Brent out of synch and spread is widest since Feb 2009. Brent is now correlating with S&P […]
Expect To See The Softs Take Centre Stage
Today’s news that cocoa prices have risen over 7% as a result of the export ban imposed by Ivory Coast has prompted me to look […]
Market Sentiment & Round Up
Market mood, at least in equities and commodities, has turned a little sour this morning following release of key Chinese data overnight. The releases included […]